Wayground- Energy Flow Through Living Systems

1. What is a producer?

A) An animal that eats plants
B) An organism that makes its own food
C) A person who sells food
D) A decomposer that breaks down dead things

• A

• B

• C

• D

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2. What does a consumer do?

A) Eats other organisms for energy
B) Makes its own food
C) Recycles nutrients into the soil
D) Creates sunlight

• A

• B

• C

• D

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3. Which of the following is a decomposer?

A) A lion
B) A mushroom
C) A cow
D) A fish

• A

• B

• C

• D

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An omnivore eats:

A) Only plants
B) Only meat
C) Both plants and animals
D) Only dead things

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is a food web?

A) A type of spiderweb in nature
B) A simple line showing what eats what
C) A system of many food chains connected
D) A group of only plants in an ecosystem

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What does a herbivore eat?

A) Only meat
B) Only plants
C) Both plants and meat
D) Dead things

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What does a carnivore eat?

A) Only meat
B) Only plants
C) Both plants and meat
D) Nothing

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of these breaks down dead plants and animals and recycles nutrients into the soil?

A) Decomposer
B) Omnivore
C) Producer
D) Consumer

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Identify a primary consumer in the food web

• Ringtail

• Coyote

• Mountain Lion

• Pika

Identify a secondary consumer in the food web

• Pacific tree frog

• Mule deer

• Bobcat

• Raven